Wild Child is a 2008 teen comedy film starring Emma Roberts, Alex Pettyfer and Natasha Richardson.
The film starts with Poppy Moore, a Californian teenager, with her friends trashing all her dad's girlfriend's stuff in a wild prank. When her father angrily arrives, he tells her that he is sending her to boarding school in England. Arriving at the school called Abbey Mount, Poppy meets the headmistress, Mrs Kingsley, head girl, Harriot Bently and her "buddy" Kate. She is miserable at the school, as she does not fit in and has no friends.
After getting dirty water poured on her by Harriet's "maid", Poppy and Kate become semi-friends. Discovering that the girls dinosaur phones were decoys, Kate lets Poppy use hers to call Ruby. When Ruby sees the message she is disgusted. When Poppy reveals that her mother had died several years ago, her friends decide to help her get expelled. Together they carry out several pranks which gradually brings them closer together. When none of the plans work they decide to seduce the headmistress's son Freddie, who is strictly forbidden to fratenize with any of the girls. After dancing with Freddie at the school dance, Poppy trips and hits her head, which leads Freddie to take her outside for air, where he asks her out on a date. She descovers her talent for lacrosse and gets the school team into the finals.
Poppy goes on the date with Freddie when she finds herself falling for him. When she gets back to school she finds her friends reading an email supposedly sent by her saying that she thought her new friends were losers making them fall out with her, Freddie also gets a similar email.
She is upset and sneaks downstairs when everyone is sleeping to phone Ruby. When she phones Ruby she finds out that she is dating Roddy and hangs up, Poppy starts playing with her lighter, accidently setting the curtain on fire. She hears someone coming and quickly puts it out. She goes back up to her bed but is woken up by a loud noise, she looks out the window and sees the kitchen on fire. She wakes everyone up and sets the fire alarm off. When they get outside they realise Drippy is missing so Poppy runs in and gets her out.
Poppy goes to the headmistress and confesses that she was the one who started the fire and she is sent to the honour court where they will decide if she is expelled or not. While they are waiting for the honour court her friends find out that she never sent the email and Freddie finds her crying and is convinced that the fire was an accident. During the hearing Poppy explains her story and her friends find out that she never sent the emails. They go to the court and stand up for Poppy and Harriot accidentally confesses to re-starting the fire after Poppy put it out.
The movie ends at the lacrosse finals. Poppy's dad comes to the game and is shocked at Poppys change of appearance and how much she looks like her mum. Abbey Mount wins the lacrosse finals and Harriot is expelled. Months later Poppy, her friends and Freddie are in Malibu relaxing. Poppy ignores Rubys phone calls as she is no longer friends with her. The film ends as they prepare to jump off the cliff that helped her find herself and and making proper friends.
WILD CHILD
Wild Child is a 2008 teen comedy film starring Emma Roberts, Alex Pettyfer and Natasha Richardson.
The film starts with Poppy Moore, a Californian teenager, with her friends trashing all her dad's girlfriend's stuff in a wild prank. When her father angrily arrives, he tells her that he is sending her to boarding school in England. Arriving at the school called Abbey Mount, Poppy meets the headmistress, Mrs Kingsley, head girl, Harriot Bently and her "buddy" Kate. She is miserable at the school, as she does not fit in and has no friends.
After getting dirty water poured on her by Harriet's "maid", Poppy and Kate become semi-friends. Discovering that the girls dinosaur phones were decoys, Kate lets Poppy use hers to call Ruby. When Ruby sees the message she is disgusted. When Poppy reveals that her mother had died several years ago, her friends decide to help her get expelled. Together they carry out several pranks which gradually brings them closer together. When none of the plans work they decide to seduce the headmistress's son Freddie, who is strictly forbidden to fratenize with any of the girls. After dancing with Freddie at the school dance, Poppy trips and hits her head, which leads Freddie to take her outside for air, where he asks her out on a date. She descovers her talent for lacrosse and gets the school team into the finals.
Poppy goes on the date with Freddie when she finds herself falling for him. When she gets back to school she finds her friends reading an email supposedly sent by her saying that she thought her new friends were losers making them fall out with her, Freddie also gets a similar email.
She is upset and sneaks downstairs when everyone is sleeping to phone Ruby. When she phones Ruby she finds out that she is dating Roddy and hangs up, Poppy starts playing with her lighter, accidently setting the curtain on fire. She hears someone coming and quickly puts it out. She goes back up to her bed but is woken up by a loud noise, she looks out the window and sees the kitchen on fire. She wakes everyone up and sets the fire alarm off. When they get outside they realise Drippy is missing so Poppy runs in and gets her out.
Poppy goes to the headmistress and confesses that she was the one who started the fire and she is sent to the honour court where they will decide if she is expelled or not. While they are waiting for the honour court her friends find out that she never sent the email and Freddie finds her crying and is convinced that the fire was an accident. During the hearing Poppy explains her story and her friends find out that she never sent the emails. They go to the court and stand up for Poppy and Harriot accidentally confesses to re-starting the fire after Poppy put it out.
The movie ends at the lacrosse finals. Poppy's dad comes to the game and is shocked at Poppys change of appearance and how much she looks like her mum. Abbey Mount wins the lacrosse finals and Harriot is expelled. Months later Poppy, her friends and Freddie are in Malibu relaxing. Poppy ignores Rubys phone calls as she is no longer friends with her. The film ends as they prepare to jump off the cliff that helped her find herself and and making proper friends.